[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [Manubhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) › 3.156 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.156 Manubhāṣya 3.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.156) 'urabhrā' meṣāstaiścarati krayavikrayādinā vyavaharati, taddhanapradhāno vā | evaṃ māhiṣikaḥ | paraḥ pūrvī yasyāḥ, tasyāḥ 'patiḥ' bharttā | yā anyasmai dattā anyena vā ūḍhā tāṃ punaḥ yaḥ saṃskaroti, punarbhavati bharttā paunarbhavo naro bharttā'sāvitiśāstreṣu | pretān yo niryāpayati vahati | ete yatnato varjanīyāḥ | > The sheep-dealer, the buffalo-keeper, the husband of a woman who had another previous husband, the carrier of the dead—all these should be avoided with care.—(166) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > ‘Urabhra’ is sheep; one who ‘deals’ in these,—i.e., carries on the business of buying and selling them; it may also mean ‘one whose chief wealth consists in sheep.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Similarly, the ‘buffalo-keeper.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘He who has had another man for her former husband;’—the husband of such a one; i.e., one who marries again the woman who has been previously given to—or married by—another man; he who ‘again’ (punaḥ) ‘becomes’ (bhavati) the husband; such a husband is called ‘paunarbhava’ by the scriptures. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > He who carries the dead—i.e., carries the dead bodies. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > These ‘should be avoided with care’— (166). > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.155) - [Next: 3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.157) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3) ## Translations (1) - [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.166.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.156) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.156) · Pramāṇa